# CVE-2025-40641: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the Multi-purpose Inventory Management System

> Stored XSS in Multi-Purpose Inventory Management System allows attackers to steal session cookies from authenticated users via crafted product names.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vfvx-jv6h-rrrw

## What is CVE-2025-40641?

CVE-2025-40641 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Multi-Purpose Inventory Management System, published on 8 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability stored in Multi-Purpose Inventory Management System, consisting of a stored XSS due to lack of proper validation of user input by sending a POST request using the product_name parameter in /Controller_Products/update. This vulnerability could allow a remote user to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal their cookie session details.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40641?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40641?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40641 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40641 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40641 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Multi-Purpose Inventory Management System, published on 8 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Multi-Purpose Inventory Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40641/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40641/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40641
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40641
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40641

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40641/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.